Today's Photo Journal - October 8, 2013

Harry Fisher / THE MORNING CALL

The cranes are pictured on the Allentown arena site, as seen from the former Hess's Parking Deck at North 8th Street and LInden Streets on Monday, October 7, 2013. For the first time since major construction began downtown last year, the cranes were shut down. With Monday's tornado warning, crews have no choice but to lower boom âliterally. "When we heard the weather report, we dismantled the cranes and laid them on the ground," said Tom Grannetino, general superintendent for Alvin H. Butz Inc., which is directing the arena construction. "We'd rather lose a day's work than a boom. There's no reason to take a chance."

The cranes are pictured on the Allentown arena site, as seen from the former Hess's Parking Deck at North 8th Street and LInden Streets on Monday, October 7, 2013. For the first time since major construction began downtown last year, the cranes were shut down. With Monday's tornado warning, crews have no choice but to lower boom âliterally. "When we heard the weather report, we dismantled the cranes and laid them on the ground," said Tom Grannetino, general superintendent for Alvin H. Butz Inc., which is directing the arena construction. "We'd rather lose a day's work than a boom. There's no reason to take a chance." (Harry Fisher / THE MORNING CALL)

The cranes are pictured on the Allentown arena site, as seen from the former Hess's Parking Deck at North 8th Street and LInden Streets on Monday, October 7, 2013. For the first time since major construction began downtown last year, the cranes were shut down. With Monday's tornado warning, crews have no choice but to lower boom âliterally. "When we heard the weather report, we dismantled the cranes and laid them on the ground," said Tom Grannetino, general superintendent for Alvin H. Butz Inc., which is directing the arena construction. "We'd rather lose a day's work than a boom. There's no reason to take a chance."